Game apparatus.



'PATENTED APRJ, 1903.. H. J. PRYSINGER. GAME APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED DBO. 13. 1902.

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NITE STATES PATEN ()FFICE.

HARRY J. FRYSINGER, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

GAME APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 724,841, dated April 7,1903.

Application filed December 18, 1902. Serial No. 135,042. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, HARRY J. FRYSINGER, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have I madecertain new and useful Improvements in Game Apparatus, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in game apparatus, and especially in thatclass of game apparatus illustrated in my former patent, No. 712,923,designed for playing what is termed royal pin-ball, and the presentinvention relates to the means for securing the canvas or netting to theend posts which support the same; and it consists in certain novelconstructions and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of an apparatusembodying my invention. one of the end posts with the bail ornettingholder applied thereto. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view ofone of the wire bails or netting-holders. Fig. 4 is adetail sectionalview of one of the socket-pieces for holding the posts. Fig. 5 is a sideelevation, partly in section, of one of. the end posts; and Fig. 6 showsanother socket-piece, which is intended to hold the frame that supportsthe ball. 7 or A In the playing of this game a netting is provided tocatch the pins, which latter are mounted on suitable supports or spotson the board A, and baffie-posts B are arranged near one edge of theboard and on the opposite side of the pin-spots from the netting orcanvas 0, and the ball D is normally suspended on the opposite'side ofthe baffleposts from the pin-spots, as will be under stood from Fig. 1of the drawings, so it may be caused to operate between said posts toknock the pins E toward the netting or canvas G; The netting or canvas Cis secured at its middle, which may be by a cord or wire 0' to thesupport F, mounted in socket ffor the ball, and at its ends to the endposts G, mounted on the board A and preferably held at their lower endsin suitable socket-pieces 9.

By my invention I provide means for conveniently connecting the canvasor netting with the end posts and preferably employ Fig. 2 is a detailperspective view of return or hook portion H at the upper end of thebail and depending in position to enter a socket G in the upper end ofthe post G, as will be understood from Figs. 1, 2, and 5 of thedrawings. The returnportion H enters the socket G in the upper end ofthe post Gr sufficiently far to firmly anchor the upper end of the bailto said post, the lower end of the bail being held by the fitting of theloop H around the post, as shown. By the described construction the bailcan be readilyapplied to the post G and removed therefrom, so that thenetting need only be under tension when the game is being played and canbe removed and replaced at will.

The socket piece shown in Fig. 6 and applied in Fig.1 is designed tosupport the frame forholding the ball. Said socket-piece 'f has acentral opening to receive the tube F, forming a part of the saidsupport, and the socket is provided with a depending portion f to fit inan opening in the board A, and an opening projecting above the tubularportion f the latter having a set-screw f by which to hold the tube F inany desired adjustment.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a game apparatus, the combination of the canvas or netting, thepost for supporting one end of the same and provided in its upper endwith a socket, and the holder in the form of a bail having a middle ormain portion to which the netting is connected and provided at one endwith a loop to encircle the post and at its other end with a returnedportion or hook having a'depending point entering the socket in theupper end of the supporting-post, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination with the netting, and the post for supporting one endthereof, of

the holder having a central portion to which the netting, is connected,and provided at its ends with portions slidable in the direction oflength of the post into detachable engagement therewith, substantiallyas set forth.

3. In a game apparatus, a canvas or netting holder composed of a hailhaving a main portion to support the netting and provided at one endwith a loop and at its other end with a returned portion or hook wherebythe holder is adapted to engage at both ends with the supporting post,substantially as set forth.

'4. The combination with the supportingpost, having a socket in its end,of a holder adapted to secure netting or canvas and having at oneend aloop to encircle the post, and at its other end a returned or hookportion to enter a socket in the upper end of the post, substantially asset forth.

5. A game apparatus comprising a board, a socket-piecef fitted to theboard, and having a depending tubular portion f, a lateral flange at theupper end of the tube f and arranged above the board and a tube]projecting above the flange and having a set-screw, and the ball-supportfitted in said socketpiece, substantially as set forth.

HARRY J. FRYSINGER. Witnesses:

J. ALEX HILLEARY, J r., JOHN F. KNAUSS.

